Where does “rikkikiisu” come from?
rikkikiisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiisu, from Swedish kis, from German kies, from Yiddish קיס — pouch.
rikkikiisu (Finnish): pyrite
Ancestry of “rikkikiisu”, step by step
rikkikiisu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiisu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiisu | pyrite |
| 2 | Swedish | kis | a boy |
| 3 | German | kies | singular imperative of kiesen |
| 4 | Yiddish | קיס | pouch |
via Finnish rikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rikki | sulfur, sulphur; broken |
| 2 | Finnish | rikkoa | to break; to violate, breach; to offend, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rikkodak | to break; to ruin, to mar, to damage |